The mere sound of the seconds ticking away on a clock can make women focus more on their fertility

Women may be affected by the mere ticking of clocks.Source: News Limited

IT IS often said that women have an internal biological clock. But it seems the mere sound of the seconds ticking away can make them focus more on their fertility.

A study found that being able to hear the tick-tock of a clock makes women quicken their desire to marry and have children.

Researchers conducted two experiments to test the influence of the ticking of a small clock on men and women’s reproductive attitudes.

Men and women were asked questions about the age at which they would like to marry and start a family and also quizzed on whether they would make compromises on their ideal potential mates in order to have children sooner.

Female participants who could hear the ticking clock said they wanted to start a family nearly three years earlier than women who weren’t listening to a clock.